Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-02-25
HARRIET LANE.
The Mistress of the White Horsc In
B~uchanAn's Time.

In the array OF bea .ty W. Itch die tin
gulshrs The daughters Of pennsy wanna
AMONG The lalrest Of their counlrywo-
men, among the loreInos. in aer day
Was Hare Lane.
Inc powerf ! aud great OF the two
continents palu homage to her charms
o. person. al manner u Of mind. At
the court OF Slctori :, the sUve, oign OF
Great Britain, she was the object oil
special attention and admiration irom
tue Queen, the meubers OF the royal
family anu the nobility
At The republican Co IT OF her distin-
guished uncle. james buchanan, fifteenth
President u thc unlteu , a,es, she W 5
u queen IN her uNn realm, reeogniLel
ana ~applauued 10y statcsIne., geucia .,
politicians and p ople, and beloved OF
her own sex IN eSery grade oil the social
scale at The National capital.
Alt.uu-h nearly three decades have
elapsed since this Peansy Wanna queen
IelsIed in the full glory ol prrsI. ing
lady OF an exceptionally brli.Ihi.L regime
at the Executive Mansion, ANA %, Nr uo
in her station w.s recOgn zei as he First
La \ VI he Lanu, lac remembrance %
l.. ose days Constitutes ole oi IN bright
esl "Reminiscences IN liIc social expert
ences Of IDany VINO survive tue lur-
molls of IebeIIou and mutations of Iol-
itIcs, anu San slafe IA The LAY etles "a
the fashionable world at the seal VI Ma
tional government.
On fark street, in ole OF the most ar
istocratic portions Of the city oil Bllti-
more, IN a lain but stately mansion,
.npl "A ~. oil tha na.n fart1 NJ .ua.Ith
ana The souvenirs Of the pubic Career
OF her uncle and Of her own soci a irl-
umpns in England and America, lives
this Dis.oric woman.
though past middle age, she preserves
.verv trace OF that beauty Of lace anu
go. ,hjch cUnlflout0J 80 mucn 10 inc
notarcl Of her sway wn'n la lhr zclIlh
=, har s,aal career. As she cu.crcd tn
,1' room she looked even more
-, III an her robes oI ~I.owhoou aud
-mot"erhooL robbed Dy The relentless
harvester ul her young son.
Against the wailhung Sir John Watson
Gorluu's picture OF the France 81 Wales,
presented To Mr. Buchanan ny Eu. lands
s.n ereign in recognition I the hosplt. Il.
itl., shown her sou curing has Visit 10
InN lllLtu pliAtC h iFVfs "AiDt
busts and articles IL yertu were DIS
tlibuted about the room. A picture Of
Henry Eliot Johnston. The idol OF her
younr maiden heart an the husband OF
her later years, presented the features
OF a person al tue presence and amla-
bility Of character.
My reccoll ctlons OF those earlier
days.' said this Jueenly woma after a
cordial greeting, coating herself, ARE
very vivid. | ave preserved the most
important event, OF my life al the Court
Of ST. James and the White House IN the
form of no 49,. Ii has often beef sugges-
ted that | prepare these in a CONNECTED
shape, 80 thai that they may lie IN con-
ditiOn for y biication. but | shrink from
gIrlns such prominence To event
which ate not only private but recall
some VI the uearest memories OF my
iif. | d. not obiert to recall ing
these scrnr> ia a life spent =
Tie utlcI parsonage, OF he old world
AID the great men oi our y c0aiI.
try. b4I | dislike public ".
MANY ol Ite principal figure in In 81
scenes nave passed away, III many still
r'tiaIu. | usrlsi the ncluur'4, Uf the
de.d md lac living alike, AID realize
how favored | vas In having such oppor-
tuHiI.rs.
MY life now Is little spent in social
affair. have my home her., in which
/ ha e preserved the Souvenirs OF the
past anu which bring up many pleasant
"Reminiscences "-lPhiladc, pnia Times.